From the MAEA blog, a plea to Arts educators to leverage technology tools for self-advocacy:
Grantmakers in the Arts
October 19, 2011 by Tommer
Britain is turning away countless non-European writers, artists and performers at its borders, a result of cumbersome and unevenly interpreted immigration rules that are making it increasingly difficult for many arts organizations to include foreigners in their programs.
October 19, 2011 by Tommer
S. 978 makes unauthorized web streaming of copyrighted content a felony with a possible penalty of up to 5 years in prison. Illegal streaming of copyrighted content is defined in the bill as an offense that "consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works" and has a total economic value, either to the copyright holder or the infringer, of at least $2,500.
Post a video of yourself singing "Happy Birthday" - a potential 5 years in the slammer. This song is protected by copyright until the year 2030.
October 19, 2011 by Steve
From Shawn C. Harris for TCG Circle:
Inspired by the film currently playing at a theater near you, the idea is to peel away layers of assumptions that go into our collective wisdom about how to make theatre then replace them with processes that incorporate the scientific method and statistical analysis. The goal is to reveal true value as opposed to guestimating and hoping for the best.
October 19, 2011 by Steve
Arts and culture blogger Ellen Berkovitch for the Santa Fe Reporter:
Since 2010... two distinct arts funding initiatives have marched off the federal and private-sector collaborative fields: respectively Our Town and ArtPlaceAmerica. These exemplify the latest linguistic leaps in turning “creative” into a verb: “creative placemaking.”
Just as at the beginning of any new movement, much effort goes to understanding beyond the slogans and into the meaning.
October 18, 2011 by Janet
The blogesphere and pressophere (I made that word up) lit up on Monday, October 10 with the release of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s (NCRP) essay on private foundation arts funding to marginalized communities.
October 18, 2011 by Steve
Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer's latest post to the conference blog:
In 2011 and 2012, the New York Community Trust made grants to middle and high schools that linked youth, art, science, museums, libraries and new partners with the intent to gain insight to the community, extend into the five boroughs and to serve the most disadvantaged kids. Was it possible to create an innovative process where learning happened anytime, anywhere that could scale? And could this happen on their preferred devices where they become creators?
October 16, 2011 by Steve
Conference blogger Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer sat in on the conference session Grantmaking with a Racial Equity Lens, a salon discussion facilitated by GIA Board member Justin Laing of The Heinz Endowments. For this year's conference, GIA initiated the Salon Session as a way of providing more participatory discussions around a topic.
No question, racial equity is a highly charged topic that brings people together with complex emotions simmering beneath their conference badges. No question, we work in a dominant society that is managing our system of race and culture. It is structured racialism, poverty and colonization, all the time.